Essays
A Case for Doing Less, Slowly
An argument for smaller ambitions, made at unnecessary length.
Cuong Tran
Q&A
Gold Q&A: Ask Me Anything, Thread One
The first monthly thread, transcribed and lightly tidied.
Archive
The Gold Archive: Early Drafts
Unedited drafts, kept mostly as a warning to myself.
Essays
Field Notes from a Quiet Month
What happens when nothing much happens, written down anyway.
Essays
The Long Version of a Short Idea
An idea that fits in a sentence, stretched to fill an afternoon.
Q&A
Reader Questions, Answered Badly
Five questions from the inbox and five answers of varying quality.
Notes
The Members-Only Update
A behind-the-scenes note for anyone who has signed up.
Craft
On Keeping a Slow Notebook
Why writing things down badly is still better than not writing them down.
Notes
Ten Things I Noticed This Week
A loose list of small observations, none of them very important.
Notes
Welcome to the Test Lab
A short note about what this site is for and what you will find here.